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Historical Event on 11/5/1930

Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.
5/25/19415,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
10/26/194627 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
7/16/1997V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
6/9/1949Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
1/27/199455 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.